diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/linear/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/linear/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba0f2ce1a3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/linear/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ cabal, distributive, doctest, filepath, hashable, lens
+, reflection, semigroupoids, semigroups, simpleReflect, tagged
+, transformers, unorderedContainers, vector
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "linear";
+  version = "1.2";
+  sha256 = "0mna8k6plq0akki5j5zjk1xk1hgks1076q1h5s14v87d0h45wlrh";
+  buildDepends = [
+    distributive hashable reflection semigroupoids semigroups tagged
+    transformers unorderedContainers vector
+  ];
+  testDepends = [ doctest filepath lens simpleReflect ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/ekmett/linear/";
+    description = "Linear Algebra";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 94f34bfd1fe1..e69c260c704c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1350,6 +1350,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   liftedBase = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/lifted-base {};
 
+  linear = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/linear {};
+
   List = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/List {};
 
   ListLike = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/ListLike {};